Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik has admitted his government's failure in restoring peace in the port city of Karachi during its five-year tenure. Talking to reporters for the last time as minister Saturday, Malik, however, tried to also indicate that no government had ever been successful in bringing peace and rule of law in the troubled metropolis. "Our government brought peace ...
Sri Lanka bars Brit with Buddha tattoo for showing disrespect for Buddhism
Sri Lanka has denied entry to a British tourist at Colombo's international airport after he reportedly showed "a lack of respect for Buddhism". According to an immigration official at the Bandaranaike International Airport, the Brit had spoken "very disrespectfully" when asked about a tattoo of Buddha on his arm. The official said such views would have been a threat to the tourist's own safety ...
Pak PM Ashraf faces possible disqualification from upcoming elections
Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf is likely to face possible disqualification from contesting the upcoming elections as a company co-owned by him has been declared a defaulter by the Capital Development Authority (CDA). According to official documents, Ashraf and his two partners registered Fairwin Enterprises with the registrar of the Islamabad Capital Territory on August 21, 1986 and ...
Pakistan tops list of countries that hate America most finds survey
Pakistan tops the list of countries that hate America the most, a new survey has found. Disapproval of U.S. leadership had no statistical improvement last year, according to the latest U.S.-Global Leadership Project, a partnership between Meridian International Center and Gallup. According to the Huffington Post, of those foreign citizens surveyed by Gallup in 130 countries, 25 percent ...
Kayani should be awarded field marshal title for services to democracy Rehman Malik
Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani should be awarded with the title of field marshal for his services to democracy in the country. The News quoted Malik, as saying that the credit for the completion of the government's tenure also goes to Kayani as he always supported the democratically elected government. He said the law and order ...
Khurshid calls for a transparent probe into Sri Lankan war crimes
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has said there should be a transparent probe into Sri Lanka war crimes. "We are not politicising the matter, we want the Sri Lankan government to help Tamils recover from their wounds. We feel there should be a transparent probe," Khurshid told media here yesterday on the sidelines of an event. "If the people there have been hurt due to wrongful ...
US encouraging India Pak to engage in dialogue to improve bilateral ties
The US State Department has said that Washington has been encouraging India and Pakistan to engage in dialogue on improving bilateral ties. State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said the US has been strongly supporting direct dialogue between the two South Asian countries, and improvement in their relationship, reports the Daily Times. She said the two countries have already made good ...
US wants to see free fair elections in Pakistan Nuland
The US State Department has said the country looks forward to free and fair elections in Pakistan that will mark the country's first civilian-to-civilian democratic transition. Spokesperson Victoria Nuland said Washington wants the dialogue to expand to security concerns between the two countries. Washington has been encouraging the two South Asian countries to engage in dialogue on improving ...
Pak PM Ashraf hails completion of full term by first elected govt. as victory
Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has hailed as "a victory" for democracy the completion of a full term by an elected government for the first time in the country's history. Since Pakistan was founded in 1947, governments were often overthrown in coups, toppled by political infighting or end in assassinations or murders, reports the BBC. An interim government will now be installed ...
Targeting India is not in Pakistans interest
Relations between Indian and Pakistan have touched a nadir due to some unsavoury and nasty activities on the part of the latter in recent times. The recent attack by militants, suspected to be of Pakistan origin, in Bemina, Srinagar, has caused considerable consternation in India. The last straw has been the resolution passed by the National Assembly of Pakistan on March, 14, 2013, ...
Musharraf announces return to Pakistan on Mar 24 after 5 yrs of self-imposed exile
Former Pakistan President and ex-army chief Pervez Musharraf has announced on Saturday his return to the country - after almost five years of self-imposed exile - in order to lead his party in the upcoming elections. Musharraf said in a statement that he plans to fly on a commercial airline into Karachi on March 24 and attend a rally of 50,000 people, including more than 200 Pakistani ...
De Villiers relishes challenge of meeting Pak in Johannesburg ODI following six-wicket Centurion loss
South Africa's ODI skipper AB de Villiers said that he relished the challenge when his team will meet Pakistan again in the third match in Johannesburg on Sunday, after Pakistan won the Centurion ODI by six wickets. Stating that he is disappointed by his team's defeat in Centurion, De Villiers said that both teams gave their best but sometimes a team cannot pitch up, adding that their condition ...
Road named after UAE president being built in Pakistan
A road named after UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan is being built in Pakistan's northwest tribal region. Around 85 percent of work has been completed on the UAE-funded Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Road in South Waziristan, said Abdullah Khalifa Al Ghafli, director of the UAE Project to Assist Pakistan (PAP). The estimated cost for building the road is $38 million. The ...
Three Astronauts Return from International Space Station
Three astronauts have returned safely to Earth from the International Space Station. U.S. astronaut Kevin Ford and his Russian counterparts Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin landed safely Saturday morning in a Russian Soyuz capsule on the snow-covered steppes of Kazakhstan. The three men had spent 144 days on the space station. Their return, originally scheduled for Friday, ...
13 Killed in Mexican Fireworks Accident
A truck loaded with fireworks exploded during a religious procession in central Mexico. Authorities say the blast killed 11 people and wounded more than 150 others. The blast ripped through a crowd of pilgrims in the village of Jesus Tepactepec on Friday, when one of the burning fireworks landed on the truck and ignited the aerial displays that were about to be launched. The annual ...
SXSW Attracts Musicians Filmmakers from Around the World
AUSTIN, TEXAS The annual South by Southwest Festival is reaching its climax this weekend in Austin, Texas, where tens of thousands of participants and visitors are in the streets with thousands of local people who have just come for the party. This is a three-part event that combines serious business and constant entertainment. South by Southwest is known for its exuberance and its ...
Zimbabwe 2 million people voted in referendum
Zimbabweans wait in a queue to cast their vote during the country's referendum in the capital Harare, Saturday, March, 16, 2013 . Zimbabwe's longtime political rivals came together to vote 'Yes' in a referendum to accept a new constitution Saturday, but the rare consensus does not guarantee an end to political violence and intimidation ahead of crucial elections later this ...
Francis Delights Pilgrims with Informal 1st Sunday Address
Pope Francis has greeted a crowd of 150,000 pilgrims in St. Peter's Square with an informal address for the first Sunday window appearance of his four-day old papacy. In a break with tradition, Francis spoke to the crowd in Italian, mostly without reading from a prepared speech for the weekly Angelus prayer. He began his remarks with "buon giorno," or good day, and ended with ...
Counting Underway Following Zimbabwe Referendum
Results for Saturday's vote are expected to show wide support for the changes which limit the president to two five-year terms, as well as, increased parliamentary powers. Eighty-nine-year-old President Robert Mugabe and his rival, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, both supported the draft constitution. Mr. Mugabe has ruled Zimbabwe for more than three decades, and even under the new ...
Chinese Leader Seeks Cleaner More Efficient Government
BEIJING -- Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered his first address as head of the country Sunday during the closing ceremony of the annual legislative meetings called the National People?s Congress. In his address, Xi pledged to fight corruption, improve government efficiency and fight for what he called the great renaissance of the Chinese nation. China is facing tremendous ...
Duchess Hoping for baby boy William wants girl
The Duchess of Cambridge says she doesn't know the sex of her first child -- but she hopes it's a boy.Her husband Prince William, however, would prefer a girl.The former Kate Middleton, who is five months pregnant, made the revelation to a soldier Sunday at a St. Patrick's Day ceremony honoring the Irish Guards.Guardsman Lee Wheeler said the duchess told him: "I'd like ...
Rival Indonesian football groups agree to end feud
Indonesia's two troubled football associations have agreed to merge, ending a feud that had FIFA threatening to suspend the country from international competitions.Youth and Sport Minister Roy Suryo says the reconciliation agreement has freed Indonesia from potential sanctions.A meeting Sunday, held ahead of a FIFA deadline, resulted in the dissolution of the breakaway Indonesian Football ...
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